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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 36

健康生活 Healthy living

Jiànkāng shēnghuó

林雪 and 王明 talk about getting healthier. Teaches 越来越 X (more and more) and 一天比一天 X (day by day, more X).

Dialogue

我越来越胖了 — I'm getting fatter

林雪王wáng明míng, 我wǒ最zuì近jìn越yuè来lái越yuè胖pàng了le. Wang Ming, I've been getting fatter lately.
王明你nǐ应yīng该gāi锻duàn炼liàn. 我wǒ也yě越yuè来lái越yuè想xiǎng运yùn动dòng. You should work out. I want to exercise more too.
林雪一yì起qǐ跑pǎo步bù吗ma? 天tiān气qì一yí会huì儿er冷lěng一yí会huì儿er热rè, 我wǒ常cháng常cháng不bù想xiǎng运yùn动dòng. Run together? The weather's cold one moment, hot the next — I often don't feel like exercising.
王明好hǎo. 每měi天tiān跑pǎo三sān十shí分fēn钟zhōng左zuǒ右yòu, 对duì身shēn体tǐ很hěn好hǎo. Sure. Run about thirty minutes a day — it's good for you.
林雪我wǒ想xiǎng减jiǎn肥féi, 还hái要yào注zhù意yì吃chī的de. I want to lose weight and watch what I eat.
王明少shǎo吃chī肉ròu, 多duō吃chī蔬shū菜cài和hé水shuǐ果guǒ. Less meat, more veg and fruit.

Dialogue

一天比一天好 — Day by day getting better

林雪我wǒ跑pǎo步bù一yí个gè星xīng期qī了le, 身shēn体tǐ一yì天tiān比bǐ一yì天tiān好hǎo. I've been running a week — body feels better each day.
王明我wǒ也yě一yì天tiān比bǐ一yì天tiān有yǒu力lì气qi. I have more energy each day too.
林雪我wǒ现xiàn在zài每měi天tiān早zǎo睡shuì, 锻duàn炼liàn也yě很hěn简jiǎn单dān, 一yì天tiān比bǐ一yì天tiān舒shū服fú. I sleep early now, and exercising is simple — I feel better day by day.
王明在zài办bàn公gōng室shì坐zuò久jiǔ了le不bù好hǎo, 健jiàn康kāng真zhēn的de越yuè来lái越yuè重zhòng要yào. Sitting in the office too long isn't good — health really matters more and more.
林雪我wǒ看kàn一yí个gè月yuè以yǐ后hòu, 我wǒ们men会huì一yì天tiān比bǐ一yì天tiān瘦shòu. I think in a month we'll be slimmer day by day.
王明坚jiān持chí下xià去qù就jiù行xíng. Just keep at it.

Vocabulary

健jiàn康kāng: adjective healthy; health
生shēng活huó: noun life; living (recall Bk1)
越yuè来lái越yuè: adverb more and more
运yùn动dòng: noun exercise; sport (recall Bk1)
锻duàn炼liàn: verb train; work out
跑pǎo步bù: verb run; jog
身shēn体tǐ: noun body (recall Bk1)
胖pàng: adjective fat (recall Bk1)
瘦shòu: adjective thin
减jiǎn肥féi: verb lose weight
早zǎo睡shuì: adjective sleep early
注zhù意yì: adjective pay attention to
蔬shū菜cài: noun vegetables
水shuǐ果guǒ: noun fruit (recall Bk1)
林lín雪xuě: pn. Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01)
王wáng明míng: pn. Wang Ming (persona — recall ch01)

New characters

胖pàng: fat (recall Bk1)
减: (in 减肥 = lose weight)
减肥 jiǎnféi — lose weight
肥: (in 减肥 = lose weight)
减肥 jiǎnféi — lose weight
蔬: (in 蔬菜 = vegetables)
蔬菜 shūcài — vegetables
健: healthy (in 健康)
健康 jiànkāng — healthy; health
康: well-being (in 健康)
健康 jiànkāng — healthy; health
瘦shòu: thin
哭

Hanzi — writing & recognition

健

jiàn healthy (in 健康) Writing

10 strokes left-right

康

kāng well-being (in 健康) Writing

11 strokes enclosure

跑

pǎo run (in 跑步) Recognition

12 strokes left-right

步

bù step (in 跑步) (recall ch27) Recognition

7 strokes top-bottom

康

kāng well-being (in 健康) Recognition

11 strokes enclosure

Grammar

一会儿 … 一会儿 … — alternating states (三61)

Explanation

"一会儿 X, 一会儿 Y" marks two actions/states alternating back and forth. 天气一会儿冷一会儿热 (the weather is now cold, now hot) / 他一会儿想运动一会儿想休息. Used for unstable, changing situations; X and Y are often opposite or related.

Examples

天气一会儿冷一会儿热. The weather is now cold, now hot.
他一会儿想运动, 一会儿想休息. He wants to exercise one moment, rest the next.
孩子一会儿哭一会儿笑. The child cries one moment and laughs the next.
我一会儿热一会儿冷, 不太舒服. I feel hot then cold — not too well.

Grammar

Approximate numbers: 左右 / 大概 (三74, reuse)

Explanation

Grammar-01 was alternation. This revisits ch27's approximate numbers: number + 左右 (三十分钟左右) / 大概 + number / adjacent numerals (三四次). Handy for exercise amounts: 每天跑三十分钟左右 / 一周运动三四次.

Examples

我每天跑步三十分钟左右. I run about thirty minutes a day.
他大概锻炼一个小时. He exercises for about an hour.
我一周运动三四次. I exercise three or four times a week.
走路大概二十分钟. It's about twenty minutes on foot.

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